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Multiple Sclerosis and Caregiving

Leann Reynolds | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Ms, Caregiving, Chronic Conditions, Progressive Diseases, Progressive Disease, Healthy Living News

Multiple sclerosis is a progressive disease that affects every individual uniquely, and therefore carries just as unique caregiving responsibilities for their loved ones.

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Ms.? Miss? Should We Care?

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women, Women's Rights, Mademoiselle, The Best of Everything After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Barbara Grufferman, New York Times, Ms., Women News

Is it okay to just let every woman choose for herself? What if she has chosen, but others continue to refer to her by a different and unwanted title?

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MS Foundation Auctions Off Royal Wedding Dress Replica

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Knockoff Wedding Dress, Royal Wedding Dress, Allen Schwartz, Multiple Sclerosis, Nancy Davis Foundation, Ms, Royal Wedding, Race to Erase MS, Nancy Davis, Charity, Impact News

When Nancy Davis learned that her foundation's 18th Annual Race to Erase MS gala was on the same day as the royal wedding, she took it in stride. D...

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There's probably no better time to confess it: I've built a good part of my life around the Green Bay Packers.

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Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: WMC, Sex Ed, Hiv, Choice, Cpc, Michelle Chen, Concussion, Nfl, Osha, Football, Tapped, Health, New York City, CAL-OSHA, Porn, Abortion, Christine O'donnell, Shelby Knox, Sports, Condoms, Health Care, The Nation, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ms., Women's Media Center, Pharmaceutical, Abstinence, Delaware, Home News

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in New York City may soon have to level with the public about their ...

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Considering 'Liberation Therapy' For MS

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Liberation Therapy, Ms, Multiple Sclerosis, MS Treatment, Multiple Sclerosis Treatment, Liberation Therapy MS, Healthy Living News

There are, as yet, dark clouds of doubt wrapped around the silver lining, if not silver bullet, liberation therapy might represent.

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Does "Housewife" Michaele Salahi's Confession of MS Help or Hinder Illness Awareness Issues?

Lisa Copen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Michaele Salahi, Ms, Healthy Living News

Does Michaele Salahi's admission of living with MS help or hinder awareness about invisible illness or multiple sclerosis? I believe, despite her less than squeaky clean celebrity-hood there is the potential for benefit.

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Michaele Salahi, White House Party Crasher

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anorexia, Cirque Du Soleil, Tareq, Multiple Sclerosis, Michaele Salahi, Cirque Du Salahi, Real Housewives, Ms, Diane Dimond, White House Party Crasher, Books News

WASHINGTON — Michaele Salahi, who gained notoriety with her husband by crashing a glitzy White House state dinner, says in a new book that she s...

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Amalia Mirasola, Mother With MS, Charged With Killing Husband

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Ms, Amalia Mirasola, Morristown Murder, Carl Mirasola, Ms Murder, New York News

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A mother of three who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair was charged with fatally shooting her husband inside their...

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MS Is Incurable, But Science Is Getting Closer to Solving It

Tim Giago | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis Treatment, Multiple Slerosis Cure, Health, MS Treatment, Multiple Sclerosis, Ms, MS Cure, Healthy Living News

Seventeen years ago most people with MS were pretty much out in the cold when it came to effective treatment. MS can cause paralysis and many of the victims are relegated to wheel chairs.

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The sadness of moving on and leaving a BFF behind

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, Over the course of my life I've had two or three best friends, relationships that ended for one reason or another. Although I ...

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Olbermann Apologizes To Melanie Lawson, Houston News Anchor With Multiple Sclerosis Who Fell From Chair (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Melanie Lawson, Texas, Fox Friends, Msnbc, Houston, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Fox News, Multiple Sclerosis, Youtube, Ms, Keith Olbermann, Apology, Bill O'Reilly, Video, Media News

Keith Olbermann apologized to Houston news anchor Melanie Lawson Wednesday night on "Countdown," just one day after airing an embarrassing clip that s...

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Race to Erase MS Gala With Paris Hilton and Stars

Tara Settembre | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tommy Hilfiger, Paris Hilton, Avril Lavigne, Multiple Sclerosis, Ms, Race to Erase MS, Foundations, Nancy Davis, Los Angeles News

Paris Hilton, who caused a huge stir with the photographers the minute when she entered the room, lost her grandmother after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis.

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Possible MS Breakthrough Neglected By American Media

Erika Milvy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care, Big Pharma, Politics, Pharmaceutical Companies, Ms, Health, Dr. Paulo Zamboni, Multiple Sclerosis, Wellness, Healthy Living News

The past few weeks have seen a surge in activity within the MS community as bloggers and forum posters call one another to action in response what many think is the breakthrough they've been waiting for.

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Why Should We Care

Victoria Jackson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Victoria Jackson, Spectrum Disease, Devics, Multiple Sclerosis, Ms, Guthy-Jackson Foundation, Nmo, Healthy Living News

I knew it would be tough to get the world to care about an illness that so few of us have. Most people are too kind to say that in so many words, but I'd like to tell you why Neuromyelitis Optica matters.

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Anatomy Of Isolation: ALS Sufferer Tony Judt's Experience Of Night

The New York Review of Books | Tony Judt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms, Lou Gehrig, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig?S Disease, Memoir, Nyr, Wheel Chair, Als, Quadriplegic, Nyu, Multipse Sclerosis, Tony Judt, Paralysis, Books News

The following piece, from the current issue of The New York Review of Books, is by Tony Judt, director of the Remarque Institute at NYU. It is the fir...

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Laurie Lindeen: Motivated By MS to Create Art And Music [VIDEO]

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Art, Ms, Music, Writing, Video, Impact News

Laurie Linden was only 24 years old when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, after finding she could no longer move her legs while walking to m...

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Morgan Stanley First Quarter Losses Reach $578M

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss to common shareholders of $578 million, hurt partly by the deteriorating comm...

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Morgan Stanley: Sell Stocks Following Best S&P 500 Rally Since 1938

bloomberg.com | Nick Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should sell U.S. stocks following the steepest rally since the 1930s because earnings are likely to keep weakening, ...

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Morgan Stanley's 13% Payout Offer To Short Ford Stock (EXCLUSIVE)

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Morgan Stanley was offering Ford shareholders a highly unusual deal on Monday. Two days before Ford announced a major debt restructuring that diluted...

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On Vaccinations: Consider the Source and Follow the Money

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ms, Mercury, Asthma, Vaccine Court, Vaccine, Autism, Cdc, Greening Vaccines, New Vaccine Schedule, Allergies, Alternative Vaccine Schedule, Healthy Living News

A vaccine profiteer personified (he is now a multimillionaire from his partnership with Merck) Dr. Offit continues to make intellectually and factually dishonest remarks regarding vaccine safety.

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Time To Have a Little Talk About Those "Women's Magazines?"

Sheila Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Women's Magazines, Glamour, Women's Magazines, Readers Digest, Ms., Marie Claire, More, Caroline Kennedy New York Times, Caroline Kennedy, Media News

Why, 40 years after the advent of second-wave feminism, are the words "women's magazine" still so automatically a term of mild ridicule?

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How to Keep Your Heart Open in Hell

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: MS, A Certain Kind of Beauty, Multiple Sclerosis, Dan Aronie, The Inner Life, Film Truth, Zero Toys, Healthy Living News

The Aronies are the bravest family I know. Nancy and Joel are a warm and funny couple in their mid 60s - she the raging extrovert who shares every u...

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